Zarcone v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78I (§ 9 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 18 U.S.C. § 1964 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 411 · 30 U.S.C. § 185 · 38 U.S.C. § 1822 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1982 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Shelley v. Kraemer · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · Runyon v. McCrary
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The remedy of attorneys' fees has always been recognized as particularly appropriate in the civil rights area, and civil rights and attorneys' fees have always been closely interwoven. In the civil rights area, Congress has instructed the courts to use the broadest and most effective remedies available to achieve the goals of our civil rights laws.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to remedy anomalous gaps in our civil rights laws”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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